04072nam 22006495 450 991043798400332120200702153204.01-4614-7064-110.1007/978-1-4614-7064-9(CKB)2670000000369975(EBL)1205370(SSID)ssj0000880295(PQKBManifestationID)11542521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880295(PQKBWorkID)10873320(PQKB)10215851(DE-He213)978-1-4614-7064-9(MiAaPQ)EBC1205370(PPN)169136892(EXLCZ)99267000000036997520130418d2013 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWeird Worlds Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond /by David A. J. Seargent1st ed. 2013.New York, NY :Springer New York :Imprint: Springer,2013.1 online resource (309 p.)Astronomers' Universe,1614-659XIncludes indexes.1-4614-7063-3 Oddities of the Inner Worlds -- Strange Little Worlds – Asteroids and Their Kin -- The Many Moons of the Solar System -- Titan – Weirdest World of Them All? -- Oddities of the Outer Worlds -- Strange Worlds Afar -- Observational Projects.In Weird Worlds, the author discusses planets where temperatures are so high that it rains molten iron, and others so cold that liquid methane floods across plains of ice! Worlds are described where the lightest element acts like a metal and where winds blow at thousands of miles per hour – as well as possible planets whose orbits are essentially parabolic.   Weird Worlds is the third book in David Seargent’s “Weird” series. This book assumes a basic level of astronomical understanding and concentrates on the “odd and interesting” aspects of planetary bodies, including asteroids and moons. From our viewpoint here on Earth, this work depicts the most unusual features of these worlds and the ways in which they appear “weird” to us.   Within our own Solar System, odd facts such as the apparent reversal of the Sun in the skies of Mercury, CO2-driven fountains of dust on Mars, possible liquid water (and perhaps primitive life!) deep within the dwarf planet Ceres, and a variety of odd facts about the planetary moons are all discussed. A special chapter is devoted to Saturn’s giant moon Titan, and its methane-based weather system and “hydrological” cycle. This chapter also includes recent speculation on the possibility of methane-based organisms and the form that these might take, if they really do exist. Beyond our Solar System, the book looks at the range of worlds discovered and hypothesized. In keeping with previous titles in David Seargent’s “Weird” series, Weird Worlds contains several projects that astronomers of all levels can participate.Astronomers' Universe,1614-659XSpace sciencesAstronomyPlanetologySpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030Popular Science in Astronomyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009Planetologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G18010Space sciences.Astronomy.Planetology.Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).Popular Science in Astronomy.Planetology.520Seargent David A. Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437984003321Weird Worlds2113460UNINA